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Engineering at Vanderbilt University

Engineering at Vanderbilt University

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Vanderbilt University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Vanderbilt Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Vanderbilt

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Vanderbilt does offer online courses in engineering for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Vanderbilt Engineering Rankings

There were 45 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #76 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt Engineering Master’s Program

25% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Vanderbilt, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 40
International Students 15
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Vanderbilt University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering 22
Biomedical Engineering 21
Mechanical Engineering 17
Civil Engineering 12
General Engineering 10
Chemical Engineering 7
Environmental Engineering 3
Other Engineering 1

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation Jobs in TN Average Salary in TN
Software Applications Developers 5,870 $87,630
Industrial Engineers 5,390 $84,070
Systems Software Developers 4,940 $92,700
Industrial Production Managers 4,360 $101,670
Engineers 4,250 $82,030

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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